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The Sunshine Coast Lions Club has met their goal of collecting 100,000 pounds of E-waste. On Wednesday, the club held its second community-wide E-waste collection day.

The Sunshine Coast is mourning the loss of yet another promising youngster. Twelve-year-old Brynn Proctor Suddes died of her injuries after she was struck by a pick-up truck on Highway 101 Tuesday afternoon.

A lighthouse keeper made a gruesome discovery last weekend on Merry Island. On Saturday, Dec. 30, Sunshine Coast RCMP were contacted by the lighthouse keeper after he found what appeared to be human remains in a small cove on the island.

The District of Sechelt is currently preparing a budget to extend the runway at the airport to 4,000 ft., allowing for scheduled flights to Wilson Creek. The runway currently sits at 2,400 ft.

The Coast's extreme weather emergency shelter opened its doors last Friday night and has since remained open during freezing temperatures, providing a warm, dry place to sleep during the snowstorm.

A strategy to deal with substance abuse on the Sunshine Coast was presented to educators, RCMP members, outreach workers, health professionals, politicians and community members last Thursday, Nov. 23, in the Sechelt Indian Band Longhouse.

Eight-year-old Gene-vieve Ward sits quietly in the Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve, observing the beauty of the forest in the rain. She writes in her journal, "The rain makes a sound like the sound of millions of little drums being beaten on.

A Sunshine Coast man is back behind bars in Maple Ridge after escaping from custody and fleeing to the Coast where he eventually turned himself in to police. Christopher Victor Nordstrom, 40, walked away from a work group on Nov.

Several drug-related charges are pending against two local men following a bust in Gibsons this week. On Nov. 25, Sunshine Coast RCMP executed a search warrant on a home on Gibsons Way.

If you have an old computer collecting dust in your basement, then a local organization is here to take it off your hands.